Collection of published media reports on Mormonism, circa 1980-1992.

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Collection of published media reports on Mormonism, circa 1980-1992.

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Collection includes nine reports taken from newspapers and other media which reference or discuss the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, although many focus on wider Mormon and Mormon fundamentalist movements. Articles included in the collection: items on Steve Benson, son of Ezra Taft Benson; items on Bo Gritz, ultra-conservative Mormon presidential candidate; items on Ervil LeBaron's Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God; several letters written to the Cult Awareness Network by Mormon dissidents; items on polygamists in Colorado City, Arizona; items on Clarence St. Pier Leake, who held temple workers hostage in Washington, D.C.; items on Dan and Ron Lafferty, charged with murder after joining a polygamous, Mormon fundamentalist sect; issues of the periodical Exposing Mormonism: The Utah Evangel; anti-Mormon pamphlets published by various groups; items on Mark Hoffman; items on the excommunication of various Mormon scholars and intellectuals in the 1990s; and various other topics. One folder also contains printed material on religious toleration published by the Foundation for Religious Freedom.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...